Node.js is an innovative, open-source, event-driven, non-blocking input/output system meant for Internet sites that offer interactive communication. A few examples of such websites would be web-based browser game portals, online chat rooms or accommodation reservation portals. The platform processes the information exchanged between the site and its users in little bits, which improves the load speed and the overall performance of the website noticeably. When a certain form with 3 boxes has to be filled out by a user, for example, normally all three boxes should be filled and the entire content is then submitted as one big hunk of information to the web server. With Node.js, the content of the first box is processed as soon as it is inserted, before the user writes anything in the second one. In this way, much more info can be processed much faster and more efficiently in comparison with any traditional platform, which can exert a noticeable effect on the performance of the site. Node.js is already being employed by many of the leading IT firms like Yahoo and Microsoft.
Node.js in Shared Hosting
If you host an Internet app on our advanced cloud hosting platform and you wish to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your web hosting account irrespective of the shared hosting package that you are using. You can make this from the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this feature to your account. You can select how many instances you want to add to your account – one instance means one application using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can enter the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and select whether that file will be accessible via the shared IP address of the physical server or via a dedicated one. Our platform will also set a port number for the connection. You’ll be able to disable or to restart each instance separately, if it is required.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can use all the advantages that the Node.js platform offers, since it is available with all our semi-dedicated packages and you’re able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with a couple of clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel – the account administration tool that comes with every semi-dedicated server. If you’d like to employ Node.js for multiple Internet applications, you can choose the number of instances that the platform will use when you’re adding this feature to your semi-dedicated package. Then, you’ll need to include the path to the .js file in your account for each instance. This can be done in the new section that will appear in the Hepsia Control Panel after you order the upgrade and in the meantime, you can also choose if the access path to the particular application should go through a dedicated IP – if you’ve got one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each instance that you activate can be restarted or terminated separately and you can see the output of your applications with just several clicks.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
When you decide to make use of any of our dedicated web hosting plans for your script-powered web applications and if you select the Hepsia Control Panel during the order process, you’ll be able to make use of Node.js at no additional cost, since this event-driven platform is built into our in-house built Control Panel tool. As our dedicated servers are rather powerful, you will get great results even if you use a lot of Node.js instances simultaneously. The configuration takes several clicks of the mouse and the Hepsia Control Panel’s GUI will make it extremely easy for you to activate a new instance even if you have little or no prior experience. Inserting the path to the .js file and choosing a shared or a dedicated IP address will be everything that you will have to do on your end and once our system has set a port to access that file, you’ll be all set. Any of the Node.js instances that you’ve created can be rebooted or deactivated separately and you’ll acquire access to an elaborate output log for each of the applications that use the Node.js platform.